dime store
AmericanEtymology
Origin of dime store
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
Example Sentences
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And stop subjecting the readers of this fine newspaper to his bitterness and dime store psychiatry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
Charlotte Smith was raised in the small town of Borger, Texas, by parents who ran a five and dime store, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
"And it might bring back some memories of a time you had with your family going to the dime store or whatnot," Kallmyer said.
From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2021
Robert Lee DeProspero, whose father was a coal-miner and whose mother was a dime store clerk, was born in Morgantown, W.Va., on Dec. 31, 1938.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2019
I thought I’d find an easy job, the kind other kids had, working in the dime store or maybe a hotdog stand.
From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
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